Plots and Analysis In accordance with his Iceberg Theory, Hemingway stripped everything but the bare essentials from his stories and novels leaving readers to sift through the remaining dialogue and bits of narrative on their own in the short story of Hills Like White Elephants Both the American man and the girl speak in short sentences and rarely utter more than a few words at a time These elements leave the characters thoughts and feelings completely up to the reader s own interpretations .Its simplicity also avoids fewer mislea ding words paint a truer picture of; what lies beneath$ Plots and Analysis In accordance with his Iceberg Theory, Hemingway stripped everything but the bare essentials from his stories and novels, leaving readers to sift through the remaining dialogue and bits of narrative on their own in the short story of Hills Like White Elephants. Both the American man and the girl speak in short sentences and rarely utter more than a few words at a time These elements leave the characters’ thoughts and feelings completely up to the reader’s own interpretations. Its simplicity also avoids fewer misleading words paint a truer picture of what lies beneath